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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment

By Abrahm Lustgarten | – ( Propublica) – Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As optimum conditions shift away from […]

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Corruption
As Criminally twice-indicted ex-President, Trump joins Global Rogues' Gallery of Disgraced former Heads of State

As Criminally twice-indicted ex-President, Trump joins Global Rogues’ Gallery of Disgraced former Heads of State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald John Trump (the newspapers always give all three names of criminals) has been indicted on 7 counts having to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The UN’s World Food Program is Stopping Aid to 200,000 Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Besieged Gaza Strip

The UN’s World Food Program is Stopping Aid to 200,000 Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Besieged Gaza Strip

Wafa Aludaini wafa_Gaza     ( Middle East Monitor) – Dozens of Palestinian children rallied on Tuesday morning in front of the United Nations Development […]

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Wildfire Smoke can Harm Human Health, Even when the Fire is Distant

Wildfire Smoke can Harm Human Health, Even when the Fire is Distant

By Christopher T. Migliaccio, University of Montana | (The Conversation) – Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling into North […]

The Conversation

Immigration
The Real Border Surge: The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial Complex

The Real Border Surge: The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial Complex

By Todd Miller ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Climate Crisis: North America gets its own Mideast-Style Khamsin, courtesy Freak Canadian Smokestorm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not only Toronto in Canada but New York, Washington, D.C. and other cities of the US northeast got a taste […]

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Artificial Intelligence
Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Susan Aboeid Associate, Arms Division   @aboeidsusan   ( Human Rights Watch) – In late May, I addressed a panel on the militarization of digital […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Bil'in's successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Palestinian Bil’in’s successful Resistance Campaign against the Israeli Wall

Michael Schulz    ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Anyone taking a drive into the occupied West Bank towards the little village of Bil’in will soon […]

Waging Nonviolence

Corruption
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

How Saudi Arabia came to be at the Centre of a global Golf Merger

By David Rowe, Western Sydney University | – Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar […]

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